Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/15
As a memory to our almost identical Swiss W116 450SEL 6.9 a video in Swiss German about it: [Wayback/Archive] Ein Blick zurück – das beste Auto der 70er Jahre – YouTube.
This one with fabric, white headlights and ABS, ours with leather, yellow headlights plus headlight wipers, and no ABS (it took around chassis numbers ending around 750 until ABS was available: ours was slightly earlier)
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/08
This is a cool device as explained in the below video: [Wayback/Archive] SABRENT USB Charging Station 252 W 8-Port PD 3.0 with LCD Display – GaN Charger Charger – Fast Charging Station for USB-C & USB-A Devices, Laptops, Smartphones – PPS, Overcharge Protection: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories
Despite good, I put this comment below the video:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/04
Via [Wayback/Archive] Der Kneisner M100 – oder das “once in a lifetime project” | Computermuseum Visselhövede, about an IMSAI 8080 clone, I bumped into the VT220 based Glass TTY VT220 font and found some links of it and it’s modifications which are listed below by category
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/01
When undergoing cancer treatment, I missed the launch of [Wayback/Archive] Ventoy:
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With ventoy, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
Source code: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ventoy/Ventoy: A new bootable USB solution. (2020 new, that is, but for me it was actually new)
Wikipedia: Ventoy – Wikipedia
Note there is also [Wayback/Archive] iVentoy, which is a PXE boot tool, but only partially open source and if used commercially you need a license. See:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/28
[Wayback/Archive] 13 Things No One Tells You About 3D Printing as a Beginner – YouTube only had a numbered index, so I commented the context index:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/27
Interesting blog post on patch panels for audio with XLR connectors and ethernet over twisted pair (best to use shielded cable): [Wayback/Archive] Analog Audio over Cat 5/6/7 – Building your own panels – YouTube.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/27
Interesting Dutch thread on watering plants: it’s not so easy, but the tips in the tread help:
[Archive.is] Jason 🚀 on Twitter: “Hoe weet je hoeveel en wanneer je plant water nodig heeft?”
General guidance:
- [Archive.is] hi on Twitter: “Als de blaadjes gaan krullen ofzo heeft hij echt dorst en als de blaadjes gaan hangen en lichter worden heeft hij te veel gehad. Google de plant voor meer info. Ik wil anders ook wel ff voor je kijken :)… “
- [Archive.is] Ineke Hazelzet on Twitter: “Hangt een beetje van de plant af… meestal staan ze niet graag met de wortels in het water. Tot drie tellen als je met gieter water geeft, is een hulpmiddel. Kluit niet in laten drogen. Kluit kun je ook onderdompelen, uit laten lekken en terug in de sierpot zetten.… “
- [Archive.is] Heldinne on Twitter: “- is de modder kurkdroog? scheut water – hangen de blaadjes slap maar is de modder nat? twee dagen wachten… “
- [Archive.is] Janne_212 on Twitter: “Plantsnap is een App, dan maak je een foto van de plant, zoekt de naam van de plant en bijbehorende verzorging 😁… “
- [Archive.is] Loes Smit on Twitter: “Als dit bolletje leeg is…… “
- [Archive.is] Denise on Twitter: “Mij is geleerd om met je vingers in de aarde te voelen (halve tot een hele cm diep), als dit droog is mag hij water, anders niet. Enkele planten moet je wel een beetje droog laten staan, anders wordt hij bruin (ik heb een olifanten poot die te veel water kreeg). Ik ging van 1/2… “
- [Archive.is] Denise on Twitter: “Geen naar zo’n 26 planten in m’n hele huis, dus heb wel het één en ander geleerd sindsdien. Laat je informeren naar de plek, niet elke plant wordt op iedere plek gelukkig. Planten geven warmte en sfeer, ik voel me er erg fijn bij. Ik ga de apps uitproberen die ik las. Enjoy!! 2/2… “
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/20
I have been writing about finding back invoices:
To this list, I can now add https://www.flickr.com/account which has a list of past orders including invoices for the Flickr membership (which get downloaded through Stripe so be sure to enable JavaScript for https://invoice.stripe.com too).
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/17
A while ago I wrote about Dashboard: Invoices – Proton Account.
From my link archive, here are the links to find back the invoices for Amazon prime membership fees:
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/13
[Wayback/Archive] The Worlds BEST One Handed Knot! – YouTube which “The Bear Essentials” in this video calls “the thumbs up knot” but in fact is the Falconer’s Knot (which in turn is a one-handed way of tying a Halter Hitch) and also covered in his longer video [Wayback/Archive] TOP 10 BEST Knots for Life – YouTube.
The Thumbs Up knot is in fact a different knot which you can for instance use at the start of a paracord keychain: [Wayback/Archive] THUMBS UP! – YouTube
The short video explains the Falconer’s Knot well, but I do more like the step by step pictures in [Wayback/Archive] The Modern Apprentice – How to Tie a Falconer’s Knot
A video that also explains it better is [Wayback/Archive] Tying the Falconers Knot – YouTube.
More links:
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